America and its allies remain on alert for any escalation
between Taiwan’s president, Tsai Ing-wen, and the speaker of America’s House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy, in California on April 5th. China had promised “resolute counter-measures” if the meeting—the first between a speaker and a Taiwanese president on American soil—went ahead.
By 4pm on April 9th Taiwan’s defence ministry said it had detected 11 Chinese warships and 70 fighter jets and other warplanes in the Taiwan Strait. It said half of those aircraft had crossed the strait’s median line . The ministry reported similar numbers on the first day of the drills, which it said it was monitoring with ships, aircraft and shore-based missile systems. It accused China of undermining regional stability.
They are also wary of a Chinese threat to board Taiwanese civilian vessels. On April 5th the maritime-safety administration of China’s Fujian province, which lies opposite Taiwan, announced a three-day patrol-and-inspection operation in the Taiwan Strait that it said would include moves to board cargo and construction ships for “on-site inspections”.
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